M67

GPTKB entity

Properties (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf star cluster
gptkbp:age approximately 4 billion years
gptkbp:contains gptkb:red_giants
gptkb:blue_stragglers
approximately 500
gptkbp:established William Herschel
gptkbp:hasCitations approximately 80 light years
gptkbp:hasFacilities approximately 1,000 solar masses
gptkbp:hasRecognition 9.0
gptkbp:hasRelatedPatent yes
G, K, and M stars
gptkbp:hasResidence solar metallicity
gptkbp:hasVariants +11° 49′ 00″
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label M67
gptkbp:isAccessibleBy gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere
gptkb:Southern_Hemisphere
binoculars
spring months
gptkbp:isLocatedIn Messier catalog
gptkbp:isLocatedNear the ecliptic plane
gptkbp:isNotableFor its age and composition
gptkbp:isOftenMadeWith most open clusters
gptkbp:isPartOf Milky Way galaxy
the Milky Way's disk.
the_Local_Group
gptkbp:isServedBy gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
ground-based telescopes
gptkbp:isStudiedIn stellar evolution
gptkbp:isUsedBy stellar dynamics
stellar populations
gptkbp:isUtilizedFor globular clusters
gptkbp:legalStatus 8h 51m 19s
gptkbp:length approximately 2,700 light years
gptkbp:locatedIn Cancer constellation
gptkbp:previousName NGC 2682
gptkbp:releaseYear 1779
gptkbp:type open cluster